Kushtagi Lok Sabha constituency explained

Type:	LS
Kustagi
State:	Hyderabad State
Established:	1952
Abolished:	1956
Reservation:	None

Kustagi Lok Sabha constituency is a former Lok Sabha constituency in Hyderabad State, India. This seat came into existence in 1951. With the implementation of States Reorganisation Act, 1956, it ceased to exist.

Assembly segments

Kustagi Lok Sabha constituency comprised the following seven Legislative Assembly segments:^[1]

1. Lingsugur
2. Manvi
3. Sindhanur
4. Gangavati
5. Koppal
6. Yelburga
7. Kushtagi

After Raichur district of erstwhile Hyderabad State got merged with Mysore State in 1956, this seat ceased to exist and was replaced by Koppal Lok Sabha constituency.

Members of Parliament

• 1952: Shiv Murthy Swamy, Independent

Election results

1952

See also

• Koppal Lok Sabha constituency
• Koppal district
• Raichur district
• List of former constituencies of the Lok Sabha

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Statistical Report on Hyderabad elections, 1951 to the 1st Assembly. Election Commission of India website. 4–5. 18 October 2017.